WestJet adds new flights in Victoria, Nanaimo and Comox as it tries to rebound from pandemic

WestJet adds new flights in Victoria, Nanaimo and Comox as it tries to rebound from pandemic
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Five new domestic flights are coming to Vancouver Island airports as WestJet tries to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new routes include flights between Ottawa-Victoria, Saskatoon-Victoria, Winnipeg-Victoria, Edmonton-Nanaimo and Toronto-Comox.

They’re five of 11 flights announced Friday that will offer non-stop service for 15 communities around the country.

“As we look to the coming months with cautious optimism, we know our restart agenda will be pivotal to Canada’s economic recovery,” said Ed Sims, WestJet President and CEO. “Stimulating air travel benefits all Canadians and supports those hardest hit; with one in every 10 Canadian jobs tied to travel and tourism, the ripple effect benefits our whole country.”

Sims said the restart agenda is buoyed by the immunization rollout and the fact that summer months will allow Canadians to spend more time outdoors.

“If Canadians were to shift two-thirds of their planned international lesiure travel towards domestic tourism, it would help sustain 150,000 jobs and accelerate recovery by one year, all whiel seeing what Canada has to offer.”

The full list of new WestJet flights is available below, with most of them becoming available as of June 24, 2021.

Route 

Frequency 

Effective from 

Toronto – Fort McMurray 

2x weekly (Wed, Sun) 

June 6, 2021 

Kelowna – Saskatoon 

2x weekly (Thu, Sun) 

June 24, 2021 

Kelowna – Regina 

2x weekly (Thu, Sun) 

June 24, 2021 

Saskatoon – Victoria 

2x weekly (Thu, Sun) 

June 24, 2021 

Winnipeg – Victoria 

3x weekly (Thu, Sat, Sun) 

June 24, 2021 

Edmonton – Kamloops 

2x weekly (Thu, Sun) 

June 24, 2021 

Edmonton – Penticton 

2x weekly (Thu, Sun) 

June 24, 2021 

Edmonton – Nanaimo 

2x weekly (Fri, Sun) 

June 25, 2021 

Prince George – Abbotsford 

2x weekly (Fri, Sun) 

June 25, 2021 

Ottawa – Victoria 

1x weekly (Sat) 

June 26, 2021 

Toronto – Comox 

1x weekly (Sat) 

June 26, 202

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